Indian artist A C Gurumurthy has been using a typewriter to create impressive portraits for more than five decades.
Gurumurthy uses his typewriter to carefully create pictures of famous politicians and figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Barack Obama, Indira Gandhi.
As an avid art lover he shaped his monotonous profession into a creative one carving out the pictures of his favourite politicians and places he loves.
Gurumurthy, an ex-bank employee said: "I can type as fast as 95 words per minute, but when it comes to art, it is something else.
"Throughout my service in the bank, I have had exhibitions of my art in the city and different places in Maharashtra. I opted for voluntary retirement in 2001 to take it up full time.
“I soon want to make my first colour portrait of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi."
The artist sketches a faint outline of the portrait before feeding the paper into the typewriter. Light and dark shades are created by applying different amounts of pressure onto a key.
This footage was filmed on September 19.
An Indian typewriter has stunned people after creating art using the help of type Writer which he has been practising as a part of his passion for almost 52-years now.
A C Gurumurthy carves out the portraits and faces of celebs, politicians and famous tourist places just with the help of his type writer and letter X.
He uses his 52-year-old type writer to create portraits of famous politicians like APJ ABdul kalam, Barack Obama, Indira Gandhi to mention a few.
An avid art lover he shaped his monotonous profession into a creative one carving out the pictures of his favourite politicians and places he loves.
Being a professional type writer he can type with a speed of 95 words per minute, but when it comes to art he takes time as it requires the stroke in perfect places that sums up to create a fine and exact portrait.
Gurumurthy says, "I can type as fast as 95 letters peer minute, but when it comes to art, it is something else."
He has around 45 works of art created by him so far but his favourite remains Shilabalika and portrait of Barack Obama which took him almost a week to carve out using his type writer.
An ex-bank employee, he has turned his passion into profession and something he loves to do for week without being bored.
Speaking about his professional life, he says,"“Throughout my service in the bank, I have had exhibitions of my art in the city and different places in Maharashtra. I opted for voluntary retirement in 2001 to take it up full time."
The technique he employs is to first conceptualise the portrait, then make a rough sketch of it on a white paper, making faint outlines with a pencil. This sheet is then fed into the typewriter and the portrait is typed out. He moves the typewriter character horizontally and vertically in a left-to-right movement.
Light and dark shades are obtained by applying varying pressure on the key and leaving a lot of blank spaces. Special and stunning effects for eyes eyebrows, nose and mouth are achieved by retyping
Gurumurthy says, "Even a slight mistake can be disastrous."
Until now, he has made only black-and-white portraits using Indian ink and tinted them with colours.
“I soon want to make my first colour portrait of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he added.
Gurumurthy’s love for antiques does not stop at the typewriter.
Besides the Halda, a 55-year-old Remington typewriter, a pinhole camera and twin reflector camera also adorn his house.
He is also an avid wildlife photographer and artist, he has produced close to 300 paintings so far.
Self-trained artist Gurumurthy who has been performing this art for the past 52 years says, “My first portrait was of Robert Kennedy on the day of his assassination. I finished it off in a span of two hours. After that, there was no looking back. I wanted to take this art form to the next level by making portraits of famous personalities using the typewriter.”
In the video he carefully carves out the picture of 'Statue of liberty'
